System Message Logging
Configuring System Message Logging
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Cisco 3200 Series Wireless MIC Software Configuration Guide
When the history table is full (it contains the maximum number of message entries specified with the
logging history size
global configuration command), the oldest message entry is deleted from the table
to allow the new message entry to be stored.
To return the logging of syslog messages to the default level, use the
no logging history
global
configuration command. To return the number of messages in the history table to the default value, use
the
no logging history size
global configuration command.
Setting a Logging Rate Limit
You can enable a limit on the number of messages that the device logs per second. You can enable the
limit for all messages or for messages sent to the console, and you can specify that messages of a specific
severity are exempt from the limit.
To enable a logging rate limit
, follow these steps, beginning in privileged EXEC mode:
To disable the rate limit, use the
no logging rate-limit
global configuration command.
Configuring UNIX Syslog Servers
The next sections describe how to configure the 4.3 BSD UNIX server syslog daemon and define the
UNIX system logging facility.
Step 3
logging history size
number
Specifies the number of syslog messages that can be stored in the history
table.
The default is to store one message. The range is 1 to 500 messages.
Step 4
end
Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 5
show running-config
Verifies your entries.
Step 6
copy running-config startup-config
(Optional) Saves your entries in the configuration file.
1.
Table 3
lists the level keywords and severity level. For SNMP usage, the severity level values increase by 1. For example, emergencies equal
1, not 0, and critical equals 3, not 2.
Command
Purpose
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2
logging rate-limit
seconds
[
all | console
]
[
except
severity
]
Enables a logging rate limit in seconds.
•
(Optional) Apply the limit to all logging or only to
messages logged to the console.
•
(Optional) Exempt a specific severity from the limit.
Step 3
end
Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 4
copy running-config startup-config
(Optional) Saves your entries in the configuration file.
